Separable fastener.



s. S. HECHT.

SEPARABL'E FASTENER.

` APPucATmnHLED SEPT-15. 191e.

Patented June 4, 1918:

INVENTOR ATTORNEY SOLOMON Sa HECHT, OF NEWfYORK, N. Y., `ASSilI(BrZNOEt OF ONE-HALF TO TONKONOGY, F NEW YORK, N. Y.

NATHANIEL A..

SEPARABLE FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June d, 19in.

Application .tiled September 15,` 1916. V ,Serial No. 120,363.

TofaZZ whom t maycoacem:

`Be it known that I, `Schonen S. Hnonr, ta citizen of the United States, residinoi at .New

. York city, in the county of New orkand State of New York,have invented certain new l and `useful Improvements in. Sep arableI will. hold securely but which at the i same time is .capable lof being released. l

4An Y.object of myinvention is to provide a-,fastener of the type described which is so constructed that a headed stud carried by one of the fastener members is `adapted to` be forced through the enlarged `,end of a key hoi-le shaped slot provided in the remaining member, against the tension of a spring, which spring acts to move the headed stud over` into the reduced` end ofthekey hole shaped slot from which the stud is positively held against removal by the exertionof outward drawing tension and can .only bereleased by `being moved :against the tension of the spring and brought back to pass through the enlarged portion of the slotted opening. Afurther object is to provide a device of this character which is comparatively simple in its construction and in its operation is not materially differentfromseparable fasteners as new used, and which may .be constructed to ,give only slight projection from the fabric or other garment on which it may be secured muse. t u y .v Withrthe above andother objects in view,

my invention consists incertain novel features `of construction and combinations of parts which will `bei hereinafter set forth in connection with the drawings .and then more particularly pointed outi-n the claims.

In the drawings: i

. Figure 1 isa view elevation 4of the fastener with the two members thereofin the assembled relation.` l Figc@ is a transverse vertical sectional view through the socket 1members of the fastener with thesecond member in the secured position. v

Fig is a top plan `view member.-

of the socket is a bottom plan view of the mem ber as disclosed in Fig. 3.

AThe device comprises in the main, the

member l which is provided with the socket and the member 2 which has the headed stud carried thereby, it o' course being understood that the detailsof these-parts will be hereinafter fully set forth,` and it is preferable that these members be provided with the thread receiving openings 3 through which stitches may be run to secure the members upon the parts `of the garment or other portions to be fastened.

The member 2 comprises the base i from which the stud is extended, and this stud is enlarged to form the headlG, and here it might be stated that this member 2 can be constructed of sheet metal pressed out to the proper form, of stamped metal, or might even be cast, the one essential feature being that the stud must either be made integral with the `base fl or must be secured thereto in such .a manner that it willnot be likely to break off or become displaced from the base.

The socket member l is shaped to provide the top 7 which is supported on the rim por tion 8 in such relation that it is raised above thefabric `or other material on which the member is to be secured, and the outstanding flange 9 is provided around this rim 8 to form a broader bearing for the member, the thread receiving yopenings 3 being formed through this outstanding flange. The lmetal of the top 7 is bent and expanded downwardly .to provide .the key hole shaped socket opening 1.0, the metal thus expanded being formed into the shieldll which is interposed over the fabricto which the member l is secured and thus prevents threads of the fabric finding their way into and through the socket or the fab-ric itself coming into close proximity to the socket .opening 1 0. As the socket opening l0 is key hole shape, when the headed stud 5 is fitted through the enlarged end thereof, and is then given movement toward the center of the top 7, the head 6 will pass through the enlarged portion and then when thereduced portion .of the key hole shaped socket openingl() isreached, the head will be held against withdrawal by force exerted ina direction to tend to draw the two members apart, however, in the use of the fastener, and with the parts as above described, it is only necessary to move the headed studover to the point that the enlarged end of the socket opening is reached when the head 6 can be withdrawn and thus the two members can be readily separated.

To offer resistance to the movement of the headed stud in such a relation that it is readacross beneath thesocket course being, understood that the shleld porwithdrawn from the socket opening, and also to positively insure that the stud will be moved over with the stem thereof in the reduced end of the socket opening, I provide the spring 12 which is bent around in its main extent to t within the rim portion 8 of the member 1 in close proximity to the to `7 thereof and is then brought up in a modi 'ed volute form to dispose the portion 13 thereof opening 10, it of ily tion 11 is cut away or slotted as shown at 14 to allow this portion 13 of the spring to have resilient movement. The end 15 of the spring is bent around and is preferably in earm enoagementa ainst the main ortion g e b 12 so that the thickness of the portion 13 is increased. The portion 13 of the spring 12 has the kink 16 formed therein at the ap-` proximate center of the socket opening 10.

In the use of the device described, the members 1 and 2 will be secured on the two portions of the garment or the two members which are to be separably fastened together, and when it is desired to connect the members, the head 6 of the stud 5 will be `forced through the enlarged end of the key hole shaped socket opening 10 in such a manner as to displace the portion 13 of the spring l2 by forcing the same to one side, and as the head passes through and down into the shield 14, the spring will flex back and will exert pressure to move headed stud 5 over into the reduced end of the key hole shaped socket opening where the head holds the stud against displacement through outward drawing tension. The shield portion 11 will protect the stud from being caught in the fabric or other material to which the member 1 is connected, and the portion 13 of the spring 12 will resiliently oppose movement of the stud to a position that the head may be withdrawn through the enlarged end of the socket opening 10, the kink 16 of the spring acting to center the stud as the same is to be withdrawn from the fastener and to thus insure that the stud will be drawn out of the socket opening without engaging with the side edges thereof, when the portion 13 of the spring has been forced over by manual shifting of the two members.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a separable fastener which has the parts thereof constructed to be readily applicable and equally attached to the parts of a garment or other structure which are to be separably connected, and which presents structure so arranged that after the two members have been manually assembled in the securing relation, they are positively held against disconnection or separation until again manually manipulated, and while I have herein shown and described only one specific form of the device, and have set forth only specic adaptations of the same, it will be understood that a number of changes and variations might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the partswithout departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to be limited `to the exact disclosure but rather to the points set forth in the claims.

I claim: 1. A separable fastener comprising a member having a substantially key hole shaped socket opening through the top thereof, a second member adapted to coperate with said first member and having a headed stud carried thereby to be fitted through the enlarged end of the socket `opening and brought to a relation that the stem thereof is in the restricted end of the opening where the head holds the second mentioned member against separation from said first member, and a spring mounted in conjunction with the first mentioned member extending with a part of the body thereof transversely disposed across the enlarged end of the key hole shaped socket opening to thus act to force the headedstud to a position that the stem thereof is in the restricted end of the opening and to hold the stud against move ment to a position that the head may be withdrawn through the enlarged end of the opening. l 2. A separable fastener comprising a member having a substantially key hole shaped socket opening through the top thereof, a second member having. a headed stud carried thereby and capable of being fitted through the enlarged end of the socket opening and brought to a relation with the stem thereof in the restricted end of the opening where the head holds the second mentioned member against `separation from said first member, and a spring member mounted in conjunction with the first mentioned member havinga part of the body portion thereof extending transversely across the enlarged end of the key hole shaped socket opening and kinked in that portion exposed through the opening.

3. A separable fastener comprising a sheet metal member cut and bent to provide a substantially key hole shaped socket opening through the top thereof with a shield portion disposed beneath.` said socket opening, a second member adapted to coperate with said lirst member and headed stud capable of being fitted through the enlarged end of the socket opening and brought to a relation 'within the restricted end thereof to thus hold the second mentioned member against separation from said first member, said shield portion having alined openings in the sides thereof at the enlarged end of the key hole shaped socket opening, and a spring mounted in conjunction with said first mentioned member having a portion of the body thereof extended through the alined openings to be disposed substantially centrally and transversely across the enlarged end of the socket openl@ Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patente, Washington, D. G. 

